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The Moon on Wednesday, November 19, 1997: Waning Gibbous, 74% lit

Waning · 73.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 29°

Moon age

19.1days

Moon phase on November 19, 1997Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 19 November 1997391,823 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, November 19, 1997, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 73.6% of its visible face lit, 19.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

73.6%Illumination at noon UTC
19.1 dMoon age
391,823 km243,467 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (29°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 19, 1997 is on Friday, November 14, 1997 at 14:12 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 30, 1997 at 02:14 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, November 14, 199714:12
Last Quarter (after)Friday, November 21, 199723:58

The Moon around November 19

More about this date

Wednesday, November 19, 1997 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 31, 1997 to the new moon of November 30, 1997, a cycle of 29.68 days.